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Sunday, April 10, 2016

INTENSE VOLCANIC LIGHTNING AT JAPANESE VOLCANO, APRIL 8, 2016

"The volcano continues to have relatively strong vulcanian-type
explosions at varying rates between 0-3 or more per day, and again
mostly from the Showa crater (on the upper eastern flank) "

JUST INCREDIBLE LIGHTNING EMANATED FROM JAPAN'S SAKURAJIMA 2 DAYS AGO WHEN IT VIOLENTLY ERUPTED AGAIN.

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AS MANY MAY KNOW, THE ONLY 100% CURRENTLY ACTIVE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN JAPAN IS THE SENDAI FACILITY, WHICH LIES NEAR THIS VERY ACTIVE VOLCANO.SENDAI, LIKE FUKUSHIMA ALSO LIES DIRECTLY ON THE SHORE OF THE OCEAN, SUSCEPTIBLE TO TSUNAMIS.

LIKE THE AREA OF THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI FACILITY, THE AREA AROUND SENDAI IS ALSO VERY, VERY SEISMICALLY ACTIVE, FREQUENT EARTHQUAKES.

WHEN JAPAN ALLOWED SENDAI TO RESTART, SENDAI ADMITTED IT HAD NO EMERGENCY PROCEDURE IN PLACE SHOULD VOLCANIC ASH SHUT DOWN THE REACTORS.

IT HAS NO EMERGENCY WARNING/EVACUATION PLAN FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS. AND YET A JAPANESE HIGH COURT ALLOWED IT TO RESTART, OVERRULING A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION TO KEEP THE PLANT CLOSED!

The Kagoshima District
Court rejected the appeal in April last year, on the grounds that there
were no irrational points in the NRA's new standards as well as the
NRA's judgment that the Sendai plant meets the standards. The plaintiffs
immediately appealed against the decision, taking the case to the high
court.

Among lawsuits over nuclear power plants following the
accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in 2011, there are
three rulings that judged nuclear power plant operations should be
stopped, including a ruling by the Otsu District Court in March."

FROM ONE OF JAPAN'S MAJOR NEWSPAPERS, ASAHI SHIMBUM, THIS 3 DAYS AGO ON APRIL 7, BEFORE THIS NEW ERUPTION:"This ruling stands in sharp contrast with the Otsu District Court’s
decision in March that raised doubts about the NRA’s safety standards
and ordered the suspension of operations of two reactors at Kansai
Electric Power Co.’s Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture.

What happened in Fukushima has created strong anxiety among Japanese
about the safety of nuclear power generation. From this point of view,
it is obvious which of the two rulings really echoed the public
sentiment about nuclear safety.

Symptomatic of the two courts’ different stances toward public concerns are their views about evacuation plans.

The new nuclear safety standards do not address issues related to evacuation plans.The Otsu District Court raised questions about this fact and
contended that the government is obliged to develop new regulatory
standards based on a broader perspective that also address evacuation
plans.

The Miyazaki branch acknowledged there are legitimate concerns about the existing plan for emergency evacuations.

The plaintiffs argued that the plan would be unable to deal with a
situation that requires an immediate and massive evacuation. They also
said the number of buses available to transport local residents during
nuclear crises would be insufficient.

The court ruling that endorses the NRA’s new safety standards does not
translate into public support of the government’s policy to bring idled
reactors back on stream.

But the court nevertheless dismissed the plaintiffs’claim that
operating the Sendai reactors violates their personal rights." GO FIGURE.